New EPA head Scott Pruitt: 'We can be both pro-jobs and pro-environment'

Head of Environmental Protection Agency tells staff he will 'listen, learn, and lead' as White House reportedly prepares orders to roll back green regulations

The new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, told agency staff on Tuesday that the US should not have to choose between the economy and the environment.

As the White House reportedly prepares executive orders to roll back Obama-era green regulations, Pruitt struck a conciliatory tone in an address to agency staff, saying he would "listen, learn and lead".